Synonyms:
aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked
Meaning: struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Usage examples
I stood aghast.
I gazed aghast.
I looked at her, aghast.
Aghast at his own helplessness
Elsie stared at me, more aghast and more puzzled than ever.
Meantime I sank aghast into the chair which she had vacated.
"Your ship?" quoth the other, aghast, and still more aghast he added: "Your clothes?
Vincent, aghast, begged her to sit down and talk the matter over, but Madame declined curtly.
But Small Porges had seen, and stood aghast, and Miss Priscilla had seen, and now hurried forward with a quick tap, tap of her stick.
The Judge left the Court, looking deeply disgusted: But the Snark, though a little aghast, As the lawyer to whom the defense was entrusted, Went bellowing on to the last.